Dr. Abraham J. Overholt and Mary T. Franklin

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Husband Dr. Abraham J. Overholt ¹

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           Born: 16 Aug 1839 - Tuscarawas Co, OH 1
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         Father: Martin Overholt (1817-1856) 2
         Mother: Rebecca Thomas (1818-      ) 1

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       Marriage: 17 Aug 1865 1

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Wife Mary T. Franklin ¹

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General Notes: Husband - Dr. Abraham J. Overholt

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1852 his parents removed to Christian Co, Illinois, near Taylorsville. Here he remained until 1860, working on the farm. On the 31st of May, 1860, he arrived in Denver, Colorado, having walked across the plains from Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. From Denver he walked to Mt. Vernon, Colorado, and secured employment from a Mr. Morrison, whom he helped to erect a stone house. Later he wandered over to Idaho Springs, where he engaged in placer mining. In July he started for California Gulch, got lost on the way, but finally reached his destination and went to work mining. In September he returned to Idaho Springs, and two weeks later for his eastern home, remaining there until August of 1861. The Civil War had begun and he endeavored to enlist first in an infantry regiment and then in the cavalry, but was rejected. He finally secured employment as steward with the Third Illinois Cavalry and accompanied them to Benton Barracks, St. Louis. Here he tried to enlist in the artillery and navy, but again failed. He was with the regiment at Jefferson City, Springfield, and Rolla, Missouri. In March of 1862, they were in the battle of Pea Ridge, Arkansas. The doctor was never mustered in, but performed the duties of a private soldier just the same. He was also private dispatch carrier for the colonel of his regiment. After the battle of Pea Ridge he returned home, taught school the next winter and then went to Bloomington, Illinois, and attended the State Normal University for six months. He worked on a farm and taught school in the winter until 1872, when he entered Rush Medical college, Chicago, and at the close of the term he located in Loami, Illinois, where he was engaged in the active practice of medicine until 1880. In that year he removed with his family to Maysville, Colorado, and continued as an active and successful practitioner.
Dr. Overholt was a presidential elector from Colorado on the People's party ticket in 1892.

1 Rev. A. J. Fretz, A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Martin Oberholtzer (Milton, NJ: The Evergreen News, 1903), Pg 179.

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 341.